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ILTRIlTNE The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Friday . rlotifly. No change in ieniora- EBFORB Temperature Highest yestorriny l.mvtst this morning t I'riM Ipliutlnii to 5 p.m. j-estiTilay.-T Dally Tvfflty-rourtb Tear, ttwtlr Klir-Jauui w. MUD FORD, QIMXiOX, THl'KSPAY. PKCKM 1?KI r. ivn. Xo. 2.")(i. M MA Today By Arthur Brisbane Russia's Reply. Thanks, Sir Henri, fcbul and Body One. Quite a Budget. Copyright King Features Synd. Inc. A Washington correspondent says Secretary of Slate Stiiu son was surprised to learn that ?ussia considers our meddling in China "not n friendly act." (.'onsiderijitf that wo have re fused to recognize the Russian "government, putting on airs, calling ourselves superior, and then havinir the effrontery to I fell Russia what Itussia should do in China, what could we ex- i peel ! Wlissia, in lerritory, is higgci t.'jkm Hie I'siiileil Stales. In j population, sho is greater. In ahility she is not inferior. Who are we, with all oui j Money, that we should tell Rus sia what to do! We don't allow liussia to die tale to ifs. And the Russians show common sense when they tell us what we don't know enough to do, namely, -TO MIND OUR OWN' KISINESS. Russia did not tell us what to do with our marines in Nica ragua. Sir Henri Wilhclming August Deterding, head boss of the Royal Dutch Shell Oil Compa ny of Kurope, i.s perhaps the greatest oil man,-excepting our own Jolm 1). - Sir Henri's descent upon the United States oil inctuslxy, 'tail ing in everything, from wells to wagons, did not please' Amer ican oil men. It Was too much like the descent of Atilla on Western Europe. Hut if American oil men will take the advice that Deterding gave them in Chicago on Tues day, they may save, in the fu ture, a. great deal more thar. Henri Deterding's extraordi narily able competition is cost ing them today. Deterding warns American oil operators against our dan gerous waste and overproduc tion. He warns the people of the 1'nited States that they are now recklessly squandering, and lavishly exporting, a pre vious product that they will be compelled to buy back later, n1. higher prices. The fact that Deterding's companies, invading the Tinted States, have become the most aggressive factor in the Ameri can oil industry, should not keep American oil men from accepting Deterding's warning. They may not enjoy his com- fContlnned on Paga Four) Mlxtn' Imndilry with a Meady J0I1 In one o Ihp nnv uuyn o niert in' the mt o' IiIkIi IItIu.' Say what ion plm?- lNtit ttir Prmmtatif 4p.iriy. It rnmos In mlfthtr hnntly imhv lln, llion. (Copyrlitht John F. Dille Co.) PROSPERITY DEPENDS ON HARD WORK 1 1 II II IV I I will I I Hoover Tells Business Men in Conference Keynote of Effort for Stability and Prosperity Is Good Old Word-Confidence Jus tified, Says Lamont. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (I) The 400 representatives of business and industry attend ing the national business sur vey today passed a resolution endorsing the proposal of PreEldent Hoover to name an executive committee to repre cent organized business when necessary, and empoweied the chairn.jn, Julius Barnes, to ap point such a committee. WASH I N'CTON. I -. :.. A Presult-ni I hnv r InoUs unm the j American people as a whole to hi responsible for maintenance ol stability ami prosperity anil feels that the keynote, lo their efforts should be i the "good old word worlc." This was the message ho gave personally today to the conference of several hundred prominent busl ness men called Into session here hy the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to further the prosperity program recently laid down hy the chief executive. "I have no desire to preach," the president mid. "I may, however, mention one good old word work." lie asserted that all of the ef forts that hnvf been put forth hy j tne aununistriiuoii io sianinze in dustry alter the slock market disn lurbunee were to n singlo end, that o'f assuring employment and to remove the fear of unemployment. New Conception "Tha very fact that you gentle men come foROther for "these hroaf put poses,'- the president added, "represents an advance In the, whole conception of the relation ship of business to public welfare. "You represent the business of the Ur.'ted States', undertaking through your own voluntary action to contribute something very def inite to the advancement of stabil ity and p roR ress 1 n o u r eco no m ic rights." After reviewing steps which have been taken, the president de clared that a "groat responsibility and prosperity rests with . the whole people." Another of his sen tences said : "All of these efforts have one end to assure employ ment and to remove the fear of u nemploymnnt." Officials Speak After the president concluded, a number of addresses were made by other high government officials and leaders of business attending the gatnering. Secrela i y La inont said In his opinion the recent credit shift had been the most colossal In history and that the way in which Ameri can business withstood It had justi-, fled the confidence immediately displayed after the disturbance. He asserted there should be no hesitation on the part .of the public about buying securities at their present levels An easier money murket. he added, had released millions of dollars from specula tive use which business now will be able to use in construction and expansion. Will II. Hays, president of the motion picture producers and dis tributors of America, told the con ference that pluns of the motion picture people for the first six months of 1130 as compared to the first six months of 11129 provided for an increase in the number of employees engaged In production of 84 per cent, in distribution 53 per cent and in theater operation of 1 per cent. Meat Man Ilmnl The chairman of the board of the Institute of American Meat Puckers, K. S. Snyder, of Boston, said the situation In the meat packing Industry, "the largest In the I'nlted Slates if viewed hy value of output," was satisfactory and the outlook fairly good. He estimated that the sum paid for livestock during the current packing yeap would approximate two billion dollars, with n half billion dollars paid for other sup plies. VARE VOTE FRIDAY IS AGREEMENT IN SENATE WASHINGTON. Dee. fi. iJPt The senate late today agreed to vote tomorrow at noon on the Vare case. USE 1925 SEALS TO BILK PENDLETONIANS PENDLKTON. Ore.. Dec. 6. JT A new racket which even Chicago hasn't heard of came to light here when so vera 1 residents refused to buy Christmas tubercular seals because they hud been bilked Into previous purchases of 1 9'J 5 senls. COMMANDER BYRD AND HIS SOUTH POLE PLANE itT - -1 iimiui wirTira wmiwr-inf innTm i Aoove is ine inmotored plane used by Commanocr Byra (tenter) on hid 1.600 mile nght fro pi his base at Little America to tho south pole and back. With him were Bcrnt Eaichen (left), pilot and Harold June (right), radio FOUND DEAD BY! Mail Route Pa! of Lindbergh Died -Whert Plane, Struck Frozen Ground it; Snow Storm Located Near State Highway. CI.EVKL.ANi:, Dec. 5. ?) i'hu body of Pilot Thomas 1. Nel son nnd his ulrnmil plane, badly shuttt'rL'd, wore found this after noon by a rabbit hunter near Cha grin Falls, 35 miles southeast of here. Nlfron met death early .Monday while flying tho -nlrmail from Ilellefonte, Pa., to Cleveland in a heavy and blinding snow-! storm, NelMon's body had been hurled by the terrific Impact of tho plane against the ground about feet from the wreckage, t'ndouhtedly he was killed Instantly. i The body was found by Joseph! Vincent of Chagrin Falls, end ing a three-day hunt made by fel-j low pilots over most of northeast ern Ohio ii ml western I'ennsyl- j van!a. Colonel Charles A. Und -: bergh had led 15 iiirpliines all thi morning, covering the section between Cleveland and Youngs town, north to lako Krle. In fran tic senrch for Nelson, not know- j Ing whether he was dead or alive. Nelson, one of the. best filers of the National Air Transport line ! formerly was a "buddy" of Col. i Lindbergh when they were on the nir mall route between Chicago and 8t. bonis. The last flight of Nelson start ed at 12:30 a. m., Monday t Ilellefonte. The wrecked plane was In ft ravine hardly 25 feet from State Highway 421', but was effectively conf ejiled from searchers ' by the dd os of the ravine and by the snow that covered It. XKW YORK, IJr-p, 6.-(VP) Judge Charles , Nott, 'Jr.. today dis missed the case of flcorge A. Mc Manus, charged with the murder of Arnold Rnthsteln. Hy the order of the rourt, the Jury, without leaving the room, gave a verdict of acquittal. "The law of circumstantial evi dence Is clear and fdmple," Judge Nott said. "It Is nut sufficient to prove that a man nilnht have com mitted a crime. It Is necessary to prove tint he must have done so.' Ho added that In his opinion, that hail not been done In the Mc Manus case. I'ndei the directed verdict ord ered on motion of James D. C. M urray. McManus can never be hrought to trial - again on the charge that he shot to riVath his gambler nsoclate n year ago last November 4. OHIO SEARCHER M'MANUS CASE! IDISMISSED FOR LACK EVIDENCE! i operator. HAWLEYJAX CUTipS POWERS WASH 1 NGTON. Dec. 5. (VP) The house todiry hy a vote of 2IS to 17 passed the Hawley resolu tion to provide for n $lti0.ft00,O0d tax reduction. The measure now goes to tho sen ate. The reduction would he effected by cutting by 1 per cent tho rule, oir' imlividual mid corporation in comes. Final action was taken by a division vote. Informed of the action of tlm house. Chairman Smoot of the sen ate finance committee, said he would try to Ret the committee together as soon as the bill comes over from the house, which prob ably will be tomorrow. HELD EQUALLY GUILTY MOXTCJOM I-JRY, Ala., Dec. fil CP The Alabama supreme court in construeins thin state's "bone dry" prohibition law, today declared the purchaser or possessor equally as guilty as the seller of Ibpior. WITH CAMP HATCHET SKATTLK, Wash.. Dec. f. Pj .Mrs. Catherine V, Howard, who was beaten with a ramping hat chet while asleep early today, by her husband. William If, Howad, 75-yonr-oId retired capitalist, died at 11 o'clock this morning. FIFTEEN SAILORS LOST PK.VZANCK, Knglnnd, Dec. fi. iC) The. fifteen members of the crew of the Hrltlsh steamer Fran cis Duncan lost their lives today when the vessel sunk during n gale off Land's Knd. Healthiest Girl in United States ' Goes to Bed at Nine Each Evening CIUCAOO, Dec. r.. tP) Th", healthiest girl In the I'nlted State;..; as re -koned by the Four-1 1 duo annua! congress, Is 17 years nld.J weighs 12 pounds, stands five fert four and a half inches In her me-, rtium heel shoes, lives In Must1", Lake county, Florida and her name is Florence Smock. Harold Deatllne, IK, of Morgan.; county. Indiana, is the healthiet hoy, the congress decided. Roth Miss Smock and Deatllne were , chosen from a group of 2S sta'e champions. Deatllne Is five feel eight tnebe tall, weighs UiO pounds, has broad shoulders nnd Is strong muscled, ' because of "plenty of good, hard work" on his father's farm. Miss Smock thought that per-i haps she was heap hy be a use of "Florida sunshine and oranges : but with the sunshine and orances weitt regular hours. Id hours sleep,1 and plenty of ext-rclse. The "healthiest girl" swims, j dances and occasionally hn I into F Better Attend Activities in ; South America, China and Colonies Than Obstruct Sino-Russian Negotiation, . Is'View. MOSCOW, Dec. fi. j(P) Amer ica, France and ' Cheat.1 Ilrltnln would much belter turn their minds to activities In South America, war ships in Chinese waters, and nrmles In colonial countries than to ob struction of ttlno-Ttusslan negotia tions, in the opinion of Maxim Llt vinof f, acting commlsar for for eign affairs for the Soviet union. In the largest hall In the Krem lin la.d night the Russian foreli;n office head addressed the central executive committee of the com munist party the most powerful political body In the I'. 8. H. It. explaining and emphasizing th" Soviet's answer to the American demarche in behulf of application of the Kellogg peace pact to the .Mawhiii-lan problem. His speech was Interspersed with occasional hits of sarcasm whleh brought ripples of laughter from his hearers; particularly was Ih's the cae when he announced Pan a ma had Joined t he con n tries re minding Itussia of the Kellogg pact. He suggested Ihr.t Panama look into whether the pact safe guards Its own existence from the hands of predatory neighbors. In general tone the address was similar to the Identic notes sent t ho I'nlted States, France Mid Creat Dritain Tuesday. In these It was stated that ihe Soviet could I ho consider their reminder of the , Kellogg pact obligations as a friendly net. and that no nation or nations, were empowered as pro tectors of the pact. That to Amer ica had an added paragraph ex pressing amazement at A merlea's deeming it politic to offer lldvlee to n nation with which It had no 1 relations. "dates," she said, but 0 o'clock is bedtime every night. Just as 7 a. m. Is "getting ui time." Florence use no rouge or lipstick, but has rosy cheeks. She wants to lie a physle.i! education teacher. She Is a senior Jlfesaver in the Red Cross atid bus been In the Four-H club work two and ope half years, spec ialising In home Improvement, nu trition and health. The boy champion has been out of hlsrh school a yesr and Isn't sure n ho tit college. He doesn't smoke nor doeB he care for dancing or gadd'ng about." For recreation he goes hunting and fishing some Mines, but for exercise he' works on his father's farm near Martlni ville, lnd. Harold wnnts to be f successful f nrmer. He has a flock of 200 t hickens nnd has raiaed pigs nnd calve und corn. He doesn't pru f"ss lit know the way to health, but he gets eight hours sleep every night nnd liken green Vegetable r nd nvot with his meals. OR PEACE NOTE POPE PIUS VISITED BY SOVEREIGNS i Emanuel and Helena Make History As First Rulers of United Italy to Enter Vati canThrone Room Con ference Remains Secret Thousands View Parade. KOMK, Dec. f. (P) King Vic tor Kmauuel . and tjueen Helena paid their long awaited visit to Pope Pius, XI tills morning. In ! so doing they made history, being ino nrsi sovereigns or i'nlted jtaiy to enter the Vatican, which only i ecently ceased to he, a place of self-imposed Imprisonment for the pontiffs. Tlie king and queen Journeyed to Vatican City, the newest politi cal entity in Kurope, with an Im posing retinue of courtieiM. Mini.s- ! it r of Foreign Al fali K Ohio Orandl, and Count de Vecchi, Italian am bassador to tho Hofe' See. Their majesties and his holiness met In the Valicnn throne room. They were alone there; doors were (dosed and guarded, nnd what they ha id was not disclosed. Hut iheir conversation, what ever it was, marked the tacit ap proval of both to the treaties which made it possible, those signed nt the Ijiteran palace Inst February 11, ending the 6 0-year old so-called "Roman question." Crowd In KtitH'lM. Hundreds of thousands of Ro mans and Italians from all parts of the country saw the royal pro gress through Rome In closed au tomobiles. I louses along the route flew the tricolor and papal yellow und while. Tho king wna dressed In his full uniform us a general, wearing the order of Annunzlnta. i Queuii Helena. -was dressed .;exactly ns an American woman would bo dressed for nn audience nt tho Vatican, In bluok veil over n whito gown, with long sleeves nnd high neck. She wore no Jewelry, A squadron of pupal gendarmes presented arms. The band of tho papal gendarmes played the royal march for tho first tlmov In then history, except In practice. Out side the Cumpane Arch was a de tachment of Swiss guards In full uniform, wearing their breast plates and helmets nnd carrying halberds. VnHS Kilters. Apprised of tho arrival of the king and the queen, tho pope en tered the throno room from his privnto library. The door to tho throne room opened nnd the king nnd the queen stepped In, nlone. The pope was walking toward tho door. The King nnd the queen walked forwnrd. They met half way across the room. The king and the queen bent nnd kissed the pope's hand. The pope raised them up. Tho nudlenco over, the pope wnllsed part of tho way to tho floor wllh tho ldnir nnd the oiieen I The royal pair carried precloiiH relig oub gifts presented by the ponllff. After lenvlng the pontoflcnl apartments, their majesties went with their party, always escorted by n group of ecclesiastics, to the office of ('ordinal Oasparrl, papal secretary of slnte, who wllh Mus solini was glvett most 'credit for bringing about tho settlement of the Roman question. Tho sovereigns left the secre tary of state's apartments after some minutes nnd descended to the llasllica of St. Peter's. Kneel nt Altar. Cardinal Merry Del Val. high priest of tho Ihisltlca, met tho party on. tho threshhold of ,the Bxeut church and offered the sov- I erelgns the holy water. Then the procession went to tho nltar of the sacrament, to the papal altar nnd to Ihe grotto. Refore tho Rolda ehino altar In practically the cen ter of the cathedral the sovereigns and their party knelt and wor shipped at the tomb of tho apos tles, where St. Peter, predecessor of the pope they had Just visited is burled. ' The return Journey to the qulr- Inn I followed t:ie same route, the people cheering their king nnd queen again to tho echo. At tho Qulrlnal palace tho sovereigns dls mounted, nnd artillerymen gave them u final salute. FOUR ARE KILLED BY BLAST IN POSTOFFICE PITTSnCRO, Dec, fi. (fit Four persons wero killed and more thnn f) Injured, severn I possibly fatally, In an explosion that, destroyed the post office nt Munhall, a suburb, today. The blast occurred ns a trolley car wj4-h passing the hutldlug. Sev jeral passengers were cut by glass broken from tho cur windows. Chicago Drug Bill Totals Huge Sum, Association Finch cni::( u.'ij. 5. m1) K I'hk'aKij's three millions have a )nllliun-)liillar-ii -week dniK ! liill pills. pmvilfM'8, patent S meilieliteH and mien the As- Mtieiatlun tf t'omntereo emi- 4- mateil tntlay. The assix'iatioii sniil it rests the citizens ir.LMino.onft n, year to keep well, ni' net well, it -I eeuhl nut say whleh. . .;. . . , STREET FOR YULE FEIE Greatest Welcome in City's History Given to Santa By Children and Grown ups Arrival in Illumi nated Plane Makes Hit Window Displays Feature of Evening. Medford ushered In tho Christ mas season last night witn one of the most riotous welcomes ever seen In Medford, with thousands of Medford nnd southern Oregon resi dents on the street, arriving early to nllow children tn give Santa I'hi.iu . li.. m-1-lvn.l In tha irnr.il ship ''Spirit of Christmas," trom Igloovllle ut tho North Pole, one of tho most heurty receptions perhaps ho bus ever received. Children began to urrive at tho chamber of commerce long before tn ; nppomiurt r nour and kont anxiously peering (nto the air and listened intently for the arrival of the Santu Onus airplane special. When It finally camo Into eight, hundreds of childish hearts beat faster und their nnxlety Increased to a fever heat uritil the bearded saint, brought Into Medford from tho airport through tho courtesy of tho Scherer Motor "company, arrived at tho chamber building. Tho Christmas car found it diffi cult to make Its way up the crowd ed street whllo Santa Clnus waved nt bis young admirers nnd shook their hands when possible. The crowd around tho chamber build ing developed Into a crush when ho arrived, children became clam orous to see their legendary hero nnd parents be camo worried tho crow.d would possibly result In in juries to some of the srnnllor children. Vuhh Out Toys However, with the assistance ot the police und fire ufp&rtments, toys and candy were passed out4n (Continued on Page Blx) STEER SOLD BY FARM IAD FOR NEW ITPRICE Grand Champion of Interna- tional Brings $8.25 Per Pound Owned By 20-Year-Old Farm Boy of Iowa Penney Buyer. . CHICAGO. Dec. 5. IP) A now world's record price ot JS.25 n pound was paid today for lucky strike, the grand champion steer i of tho 1U29 International Live stock show. KUlott llrown, tho 20-j yonr-old form boy of rtosehlll, Iowa, whoso steer won the pre mier award of the exposition, will receive nearly. 17. "nn for his 930 pound nnlmal. . I J. C Penney., chain store ope rator, again was tho successful bidder at today's auction. ' Last yenr Penney purchased Pick, tho grnnd champion of the 1920 show, at a new record price of $7.00 a pound. Clarence Goecke of Htato center, Iowa, wns IMck's owner. J The most recent record, estab lished' at the American ltoyal Llvo. slock Exposition at Kansas City where $H.02 per pound wns paid for the champion steer Tho bidding started nt ft a pound today and was spirited throughout. ' I The champion carload of cattle was auctioned to Abernnst nnd llastlnn, packers of Allentown, l'o., at $3.1 per hundred pounds. CROWDS IN PORTLAND I Two Girls and Youth Ar rested On Complaint of Physician Office Consul tation Framed for Charge of Illegal Operation, Says Doctor Demanded $500, Or Death. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. py--.A youth of lit and two girls, both IS, were In jull today without bail on charges of extortion following the complaint of Dr. K. A. Marshall. Portland physician, who charged that (1. F. Turner, alias Merry Mc Kee, the youth, threatened lo kill him unless ho wus paid $rU0. The trio Turner, Alice Hoyd, li!. i and Dorothy Webber, 18 theatre ushers, were arrested in u down town lestnurant alter the physician told authorities Miss Boyd entered his orfice and asked for a physical examination. Dr. Marshall said he took the girl into his examination room nnd as he Htnrtud the examination Tin ner dashed Into the room and ac cused the physician of preparing to perform an illegal operation. Mean while, the physician said, the two girls fled and Turner offered to compromise for a cash settlement, nnd then threatened his life if it was not forthcoming. Demanded 85 CO The physician told authorities that after Turner demanded $.ri00 the girls nnd an Kd Meyors en tered the offico und told Dr. Mar- 8,m11 tnut Meyers was n gangster who carried out the orders of Tur ner, who claimed to be "Jerry Mo Kee, king of Portland bootleggers.' The phyHiclan, according to au- ' thortties. told them he did not have air uuu, ,jjuu, j unier guv. lilm A telephone number he wna to call for a later meetltiK. Turner denied any knowledus of the affair at first, but today claim ed that Dr. Marshall had performed an HloRal operation on the wife of his "dearest friend." He said re venue,' rather thnn extortion, was the motive for his action. Police" said he confessed to offering 10 pay the girls for their share of tin plot, but that he had $500 which he wan to split with them. TACOMA, Wnsh., Dec. S. (JP) Kormt'i Governor Ixiuls P. Hart. aKed C8, died peacefully here Inst night. The end enmo without wnrninfr- The former governor had been nt a local hospital for four dnyn. He was suffering from a diabetic condition. Tho Immediate cauim of his death, according to attend ing hylf inns, was n Rtroke of apoplexy. In 11112 he wns elected lleuten-ant-KOvernor nnd ncnln In lttlti. He UHSumed tho office of nctlmf governor when Governor Kmcst l,lHter coltnpHod on February 12. 11110. Ex-Governor Hart Is survived by nn wiiii, w, uiiec utiuKiiifiif 11,111 two sons. lie was a member of the Metho dist church, Fernwill Lodge V. nnd A. XI., ATflfl Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Hbrlne, Tacnma Lodge number 14, H. I. O. Independent Order of Odd Fel lows nnd the Lions' club of Tn eonia. Will Rogers Says: HBVEKLY IIU.LS, Cal.. Dee. "). Mr, Hoover bus do livored liis proscription to congress on tlio "condition of the coun try." It was 1-.,(KH) words 1(HI). That's It o w I) n f'J sliapp we nro in. 'And lu ll intod to V&JLc coiiKross tluit they was tin one (lint pot ns thnt wny, lint that if tliey would pet hnsy nnd do something nt this session, he hoped to etll our "conditions down to maybe six thousand hy tlni time he enumerates our trou bles iiRiiin.'' Yours, WIMi HOflKUS. HELD